IMO it was never going over you could see that as soon as he kicked it.

Sorry, wrong turn of phrase on my part. I suppose it could have been worse - it could have hit the post.

Too right, I was gutted. At least he moved one clear of Holroyd with the earlier conversion in the Leeds SL Era (2 point) Goal list:

1 - Kevin Sinfield 841
2 - Iestyn Harris 594
3 - Rob Burrow 128
4 - Graham Holroyd 127
5 - Ben Walker 119
6 - David Furner 38
7 - Francis Cummins 33
=8 - Ashley Gibson 8
=8 - Lee Smith 8
10 - Dean Lawford 4

In fact this completes the list:

11 - Jordan Tansey 3
=12 - Gavin Brown 2
=12 - Graham Mackay 2
=12 - Sateki Tuipulotu 2

Matt Diskin has become the 6th player to make at least 200 Appearances for the Leeds club in the SL Era.

1 - Kevin Sinfield 295
2 - Keith Senior 277
=3 - Francis Cummins 268
=3 - Barrie McDermott 268
5 - Rob Burrow 233
6 - Matt Diskin 200

Ali Lauitiiti's next appearance will be his 100th in the Super League Regular Rounds. He will become the 20th player to do so for Leeds. Gareth Ellis could become the 21st member but only if he plays in all of the remaining 6 regular round fixtures.

Finally - and this is potentially a bit of a landmark:

If Scott Donald plays on Saturday it will be his 91st consecutive Appearance (and presumably, start) and will equal the Leeds (All Time) record set by Carl Gibson between 1988 and 1990.

It will have taken Donald 71 days less to achieve the mark.

TVOC

do you know how many tries Mcguire has scored in SL so far, and also how many games he's played?

All Comps - He is still sharing top spot in the Leeds SL Era list with Keith Senior.

= 1 - Danny McGuire 143 in 177 Appearances (138 + 39)
= 1 - Keith Senior 143 in 277 Appearances (276 + 1)

SL Regular Rounds only:

1 - Keith Senior 128 in 228 Appearances (227 + 1)
2 - Danny McGuire 121 in 145 Appearances (114 + 31)

cheers TVOC!

Scott Donald has now set a new Leeds record for Consecutive Starts (92) with his CC SF appearance last Saturday. Well done Scotty, has there been any mention of this anywhere else?

The only minor landmark I can see coming up at the Warrington game will be Ian Kirke's 50th Appearance for Leeds.

Now that the Challenge Cup is over for Leeds for another season:

Challenge Cup - Leeds SL Era

Most Appearances: Kevin Sinfield 34

Most Starts: Francis Cummins 33

Most Substitutes Appearances: Jamie Mathiou 15

Most Tries: Mark Calderwood 17

Most Goals: Iestyn Harris 90

Most Drop Goals: Kevin Sinfield 4

Most Points: Iestyn Harris 213

Most Leeds players felled by Brian McDermott at the McAlpine in a single semi final?

If it's the single infamous incident the answer would be Zero.

Not even Damien Gibson hit the deck as the ex-marine unloaded his best artillery.

Quite. Some Bulls fans have built this incident up in their memories to Brian Mac taking on the entire Leeds pack single handedly

IMO didn't it involve a scuffle with a teenager (Newton) and a pint sized utility back (Gibson)?

More reminiscent of Brian Glover in Kes than anything else...

Brian Mac has a record for beating up school kids doesn't he?

As opposed to Dominic Feaunati, who has a record for eating them...

i have a police record.........

Message in a bottle













Look its' friday and its' lunchtime so give me some slack OK?

Wasn't Lawford there too?

Oh now that would just top it off - any prop who decides he wants to start with Dean Lawford should hang his head in shame.

If i'm thinking of the same match i thought it was ryan sheridan he cuffed

Newton and Gibson copped shots and then Masella and Barrie got involved.

Anyone wanting to see the incident again can visit that tube site and search for Brian McDermott.

It even comes with the sub-text: McDermott laying out several Leeds players in 1997 Semi Final

and a massive dummy spit from his (alleged) neice in the replies posted below.

The quality of the footage isn't top notch but neither were the punches...

Likely to occur on Friday:

Brent Webb to make his 50th Appearance and Start
Matt Diskin to make his 150th SL Reg Rd Start

Possible:

Rob Burrow needs 1 - 2 point goal - for 100 in the SL Reg Rds
Danny McGuire needs 6 points for 500 in the SL Reg Rds

And should he play
Paul Deacon needs 1 - 2 point goal - for 100 V Leeds

Kylie Leuluai has scored the last 3 tries for Leeds.

As the Leuluai run could continue here's the target:

Scott Donald 4 - 29/02/08 (Melbourne) & 07/03/08 (Castleford)
Danny McGuire 4 - 17/03/06 (Salford) & 25/03/06 (Harlequins)
Ali Lauitiiti 4 - 10/06/05 (Wakefield)

If Jordan Tansey plays V Castleford on Friday it will be his 50th Appearance for Leeds.
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However this week belongs to:

Kevin Sinfield. If he plays he will become the first player to make 300 Appearances for Leeds in the SL Era.

Total: Played 272 + 27 ..... Tries 56 ..... Goals 852 ..... Drop Goals 18 ..... Points 1946

SL Reg Rds: Played 222 + 24 ..... Tries 40 ..... Goals 727 ..... Drop Goals 8 ..... Points 1622
SL Play Offs: Played 16 + 1 ..... Tries 2 ..... Goals 42 ..... Drop Goals 4 ..... Points 96
Challenge Cup: Played 32 + 2 ..... Tries 14 ..... Goals 75 ..... Drop Goals 4 ..... Points 210
WCC: Played 2 + 0 ..... Tries 0 ..... Goals 8 ..... Drop Goals 2 ..... Points 18

???
wasnt that the semi in 96???
when we were on our knees???
lawford and sheriden et al were still at sheffield, they joined a year later didnt they ?????

my head hurts

yet despite this he's even denegrated by a minority of our own fekwitted "fans".

What an acheivement.

Innocently asked but it's caused a flurry of (apparently useless) memory cells hitting the keyboards.

The simple answer here is NO as Dean Lawford never played in a Challenge Cup Semi Final for Leeds.

Despite that he did play for Lance's Leeds in the 2000 Final V Bradford at Murrayfield, much to Kevin Sinfield's disappointment.

Did Sinfield learn from that experience and come back stronger (as Lance predicted he would) ?

Yes I think he probably did.



I have to agree. Who'd have thought Jordan Tansey would ever play 50 games for Leeds.

It wouldn't surprise me if Tansey scored a hat-trick on Friday now and Ellis kicks his first ever two pointer in what will be his final Headingley appearance in the SL Regular Rounds....

tvoc ?
i have just bought the book MATCH OF MY LIFE and apart from Don Robinsnon AND Lewis Jones how many Leeds players have achieved a cup winners medal and a championship medal/ring /premiership not counted?
cheers